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    Prefecture D: Four Novellas
    Prefecture D: Four Novellas
    Prefecture D: Four Novellas
    Audiobook6 hours

    Prefecture D: Four Novellas

    Written by Hideo Yokoyama

    Narrated by Tom Lawrence

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    A collection of tense thrilllers, each centered on a mystery and the unfortunate officer tasked with solving it, set in the world of Hideo Yokoyama's bestselling Six Four.

    Four novellas: Each taking place in 1998.

    SEASON OF SHADOWS
    "The force could lose face . . . I want you to fix this." Personnel's Futawatari receives a horrifying memo forcing him to investigate the behavior of a legendary detective with unfinished business.


    CRY OF THE EARTH
    "It's too easy to kill a man with a rumor." Shinto of Internal Affairs receives an anonymous tip-off alleging a station chief is visiting the red-light district—a warning he soon learns is a red herring.


    BLACK LINES
    "It was supposed to be her special day." Section Chief Nanao, responsible for the force's forty-nine female officers, is alarmed to learn her star pupil has not reported for duty and is believed to be missing.


    BRIEFCASE
    "We need to know what he's going to ask." On the eve of a routine debate, Political Liaison Tsuge learns a wronged politician is preparing his revenge. He must now quickly dig up dirt to silence him.

    Prefecture D continues Hideo Yokoyama's exploration of the themes of obsession, saving face, office politics, and interdepartmental conflicts. Placing everyday characters between a rock and a hard place and then dialing up the pressure, he blends and balances the very Japanese with the very accessible, to spectacular effect.

    A Macmillan Audio production from MCD x FSG Originals

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherMacmillan Audio
    TranslatorJonathan Lloyd-Davies
    Release dateNov 10, 2020
    ISBN9781250254443
    Author

    Hideo Yokoyama

    Born in 1957, Hideo Yokoyama worked for twelve years as an investigative reporter with a regional newspaper north of Tokyo, before becoming one of Japan’s most acclaimed fiction writers. His exhaustive and relentless work ethic is known to mirror the intense and obsessive behavior of his characters, and in January 2003 he was hospitalized following a heart attack brought about by working nonstop for seventy-two hours. Six Four is his sixth novel, and his first to be published in the English language, followed by Seventeen.

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